Posted by: Atul on: April 28, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Sometimes the directors of Hindi films will put across really strange scenarios, that one does not really expect to see in the films, especially in the formula or near formula films that are a hallmark [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 23, 2012
“Aakhri Daao” (1958) was a Movie Stars Production. It was directed by Mahesh Kaul. The movie had Nutan, Shekhar, Minoo Mumtaz, Shammi, Shobha Khote, Jeevan, Nazir Hussain, Kamal Kapoor, Leela Misra, Tuntun, Bhudo Advani, Johnny Walker, Badri Prasad etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: February 22, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Greetings to all on the 5501st post for this blog. You may wonder, what is special that I am highlighting the 5501st post. Yes something special in this one. Readers may have noticed that over [...]
Posted by: Atul on: February 21, 2012
I needed to post two Helen songs today and I needed to do that right now ! What do I do ? How do I find out Helen songs that were not discussed in the blog ?
Posted by: Atul on: February 10, 2012
R D Burman is well known for creating some well known cabarat/ club songs. The first movie where he created this genre of songs is “Teesra Kaun” (1965).
Posted by: Atul on: February 9, 2012
“Teesra Kaun” (1965) was a Bindu Kala Mandir Production. The movie was directed by Mohammad Hussain and the star cast of the movie included names like Feroz Khan, Kalpana Mohan, Shashikala, Paro, Rajen Haksar, Shyam Kumar, RamSingh, Kundan, Kamal Mehra, S.Nazir, S.Banerjee, Mirza Musharaf, Chandrima Badhuri, Indira Bansal, Sabina, G.M.Durrani, Paresh Kumar, Habib, B.K.Pereira, Rajendar [...]
Posted by: Atul on: December 23, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. There are two films by the name ‘Inspector’, in the list of Hindi films. The first one was released in 1956, and the second one in 1970. There are three songs already posted for the [...]
Posted by: Atul on: December 4, 2011
When I was first exposed to Hindi movies as a young kid in 1960s, I noticed that the hero and heroine seemed to be the most miserable characters in the movie who looked sad and unhappy, and suffered at the hands of the villain (and/ or the society ) throughout the movie.
Posted by: Atul on: October 29, 2011
Most people are aware of “Bhai Bhai” (1956),but it turns out that there is another movie of the same name that was released in 1970.”Bhai Bhai”(1970) was produced by Ratan Mohan and directed by Raja Nawathhe. This movie had Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Aruna Irani, Rashid Khan, Mehmood, Pran, Leela Chitnis, Iftekhar, Manmohan Krishna, [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 27, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. While Helen rules the roost as the phenomena of the dance number in Hindi films, there came a phase in the 1960s and 70s, when a number of contenders stepped in to the arena of [...]
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